RAMALLAH, Palestine/ANKARA (AA) – The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has requested an emergency ministerial-level meeting of the Arab League over the latest Israeli escalation. In a statement, the ministry said it had directed “its permanent delegation to the Arab League to request an emergency meeting of the League Council at the min...
ANKARA (AA) – A demonstration Saturday was held in the Moroccan capital of Rabat in support of Gaza and Palestinian groups fighting Israeli forces. The National Action Group for Palestine organized the rally where speakers stressed support to the Palestinian people. Participants raised banners in support of Palestinian resistance and aga...
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – Morocco on Friday began disbursing a monthly stipend of 2,500 dirhams, or $250 to families hit by last month’s deadly floods, villagers told Anadolu. As many as 2.8 million people were affected by the magnitude 7 earthquake, which led to the destruction of thousands of villages and houses. The damage was [&hel...
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – Morocco announced on Tuesday that just weeks after the Sept. 8 devastating earthquake, contributions to a special bank account for the victims had reached about $1 billion. “Total proceeds reached 10 billion dirhams (about $1 billion), two weeks after the special account was set up,” Abdellatif Jouahri, governor of ...
United Nations, United States – AFP Moroccan and Algerian representatives to the United Nations sparred over the fate of Western Sahara on Tuesday, with Algiers calling for the revival of a long-stalled referendum on the fate of the former Spanish colony. “We Algerians have chosen the camp of justice, decolonization, freedom, self-...
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – A Moroccan media watchdog has said that it filed a complaint against two French newspapers for their “unethical coverage” of a devastating earthquake that hit the kingdom earlier this month. The Moroccan National Press Council (NPC) said it filed a complaint to the Press and Mediation Ethics Council in F...
Asni, Morocco — AFP In the earthquake-hit mountains of Morocco, 13-year-old Abdessamad El Berd gets up before dawn to make the long trek to the tent city that is his new school, walking by torchlight and careful to avoid roaming dogs. His father accompanies him on the 14-kilometre walk from their remote village of Tinghar to […]
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will provide Morocco with a $1.3 billion loan following the Sept. 8 earthquake that killed thousands in the North African country. “The IMF concluded a staff-level agreement with Morocco to provide $1.3 billion in financing over the long term,” IMF Managing Director Krista...
RABAT, Morocco (AA) – Morocco rejected on Saturday remarks by French Foreign Minister Catherina Colonna who said President Emmanuel Macron will visit Morocco. A government official said Macron has neither an agenda nor a visit planned to Morocco, according to the Moroccan official news agency, MAP. “I am surprised that the French f...
Ardouz, Morocco – AFP About eight hours passed after Morocco’s earthquake before help reached the hamlet of Ardouz, one of many tiny mountain villages whose remoteness is both appealing and cruelly risky. Some of the settlements perched in the High Atlas are still not accessible by road nearly a week after the nation’s deadli...
